CEOs in Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- The much-anticipated launch of Spinlet, Africa's premier digital distribution service will be celebrated this week on an international level at the Midem 2012 in Cannes, France. The Spinlet service will debut within Africa this February with over 200 thousand tracks making it the largest platform for music discovery throughout Africa. To celebrate, Spinlet is hosting a showcase of African music on Monday, January 30th at the DaDaDa Club as part of the official Midem Off festival. Spinlet Night will feature two of Africa's hottest hip-hop stars Naeto C and Paul G as well as the rising soul and R&B star Sesu. Headlining the event is the world-renowned DJ Jazzy Jeff, who will be DJ'ing from the Spinlet catalog, including top songs from Ice Prince, D Grin, 2face Idibia, Tiwa Savage and more. Spinlet's launch means a paradi... (more)

Spinlet Debuts Digital Distribution Technology for African Markets at Midem 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, January 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --   - Africa's Most Diverse Digital Music Platform Will Debut Technology and Showcase with Top Acts including DJ Jazzy Jeff, Naeto C, Paul G, and Sesu in Cannes, France The much-anticipated launch of Spinlet, Africa's premier digital distribution service will be celebrated this week on an international level at the Midem 2012 in Cannes, France. The Spinlet service will debut within Africa this February with over 200 thousand tracks making it the largest platform for music discovery throughout Africa. To celebrate, Spinlet is hosting... (more)

Thomas J. Kent Jr. Chairman of Kent Global LLC and Global 21st Century Foundation, Joins We, The World Board of Advisors

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Thomas J. Kent Jr. Chairman of Global 21st Century Foundation, and a Chairman and CEO of Kent Global LLC, was appointed to the Board of Advisor's of We, The World Organization by the Founder and Chairman Rick Ulfik.  Mr. Kent brings an eclectic range of capacities, synergic with the global mission of the We, The World Organization.  Thomas Kent is a world traveler having touched down on seven continents, and is based in the New York City metropolitan area.  Kent also heads up a global philanthropic foundation, Global 21st Century Foundation... (more)

Mobile Payments: FAQs for Retailers (Guest Post)

This is a Guest Post of an excellent piece written and posted by Michael Koploy, ERP Analyst, Software Advice, on his blog. Mobile Payments and Mobile Commerce are two different things and are often confused. I am an expert on the latter and Michael has done a great job of laying out a great FAQ-formatted overview of the former. He contacted me and asked me if I would mind guest-posting. You can link to his post here, or simply read-on. Excellent work Michael. _________________________________ January 25, 2012 In July 2011, Gartner released a study on worldwide mobile payment tren... (more)

Tucci’s Reign Extended

EMC CEO Joe Tucci is gonna keep his eventual replacement waiting a while longer. When the company posted pretty Q4 results the other day Tucci said he won't be stepping down this year as planned. He said the board asked him to stay into 2013 and that "after much soul-searching" he agreed. "As I've said in the past, the board and I fully expect that my successor will come from within the existing, talented and experienced ranks of the EMC management team" - who reportedly all asked him to reconsider his transition plans. "I have already started to increase the responsibilities ... (more)